The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-21 00:00:00

THE "ALABAMA" and the " KEARSAGE:'' A complete Narrative of the Engageme'A off Cher bourg, with full details, incidents, Ste By One of the Crew of the "Alabarat." " British Army and Navy Review" for July, price 0, e Office: 9, Water' oe-place, Pall-mall, S.W. 111,0YAL ITALIAN OPEIA, Covent-garden. There will in this week be five opera nights, viz.. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, anti sattsrday. First appearance of Mdlle. Artot. T FITS EVENING (Tuesday), June 21, will be performed, for the first time this season, Don z‘ctti's opera, in two acts, LA. FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO. Maria, Mdlle. Artot, her first. appearance at the Royal Italian Opera; Marchesa, Igadarrie Tagliafico Su'phizio, Signor Ronconi, his first ap pearance in that chars,ter ; Caporale, Signor Fallar ; and Tonio, S;f2 - ,nor Neri-Baraldi. Atter which, the new Ballet Divertissement, by M. Despla ces, entitled L'ile Enchantee. Supported by 31d11.% Salvioni, Wile. Carmine, Millie. Navarre, 3L.LIe. Assunta, M. -.)espla ces, and Mr. W. H. Payne. Conductor, Mr. Costa. Commence at half past Eight. tickets, 75.; amphitheatre eta Is, 105. Ed., 75., and Ps. ; amphitheatre.: 23 . 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be'had at the box-offic.? under the portico of the theatre, which is zpen trout ten to five, aud at the principal musicsellers' and librartans'. THEATRE ROYAL H YMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Mr. Howe and Miss L. Angel. After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs.Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, W e athersby, Mesdames Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilli&m. Followed by (for the Bth time ) LORD DUNDREARY MARRIED AND DONE FOR. To conclude with TURNING THE TA BLES. Mr. Compton, Mr. Howe, ito. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Manavment oi Mr. Fechter. Last 3 - Nights of Hamlet and the present Season. Mr. FECHTER will perform_HAMLEr THIS EVENING (Tuesday). Claudius, Mr. Emery ; Felonies, Mr. John Brouahain ; Ghost, Mr. G. Jordan i . Leertes, Mr. CM r. i'Horatio, Mr. JAG. Shore ; First Gravedigger. Mr. H. Widdiccmb ; Osrio, r. F. Charles ; Messrs. W 3l'lntyre F. Morton, Raymond., Mol . elat . i . d, Clifford, Edmonds, Wall:. bank, Collett ; Ophelia, Miss hate Terry ; Actress, Miss M Ilenrade ; and Gertruie, Miss Elsworthy. The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin. NottN.—The doors open at half-past 7, and Hamlet zom inences at S. Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. — Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining*. THIS EVENING will be performed a new and original Drama, by R. Slous, Esq., entitled LIGHT AND SHADOW. Mr. D. Murray, D. Fisher, J. W. Ray, J. :Nelson, &c.; Miss Stafford and Caroline Carson. After which, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Louis and Fabien dei Franchi, Mr. Vining ; Chateau Renaud, Mr. Walter Lacy. NEW THE ATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHL— SJIo Prapristor and Manager, Mr. B. - Webster. By special desire, The Dead Heart at half-past 8 To-Night. THIS EVENING, SHAKSPERE'S HOUSE. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. R. Phillips. After which, TIIE AREA BELLE, with a Norrible Tale: Messrs. J. L. Too:e, P. Bedford, e. itomerMiss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. At half-past 8, THE DEAD H EART : Robert Landry ;his original character), Mr. Benj amin Webster, ,uppo,ted by Messrs. A. :,tirling, J. L. Toole, T. Suart . , Caul Bd, Rllington ; Miss Wool,gar (Mrs. Allred tMellon), Miss edfor Kelly, AC. Commence at 7. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.— The highly successful new Comedy, by DEn Boucicault ,Esq., every Evening. Re • eng,agement of those ce'ebroced and popular artistes, Mr. an t Mrs. Charles Mathews. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular names of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. d. Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. F. Robinson, Sir. Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss H. rbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. Simms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miso Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Miss Herbert. At a quarter before 8, an entirely new and original Comely, in 5 acts, by Dion Boucicault, entitled Tat: FOX CHACE. characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. Clarke, lir. F. Robinson, Mr. Ash' ey, Mr. W. Cbam^er laine ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Henrietta:Simms. At 10, by particular desire, COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with SHAKE HANDS : Mfr. J. Clarke; Miss Fanny Josephs. Commence at 7. ItOYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, DEAF AS A POST. Mr. Thorne. Followed by THE MAID Or HONOUR. Miss Ada wariborough. Alter which, MAZOURKA. Messrs. Honey, James, Fenton, Turner, Sic. ; Misses Marie Wilton, Simpson, &c. To concidde with TIMOTHY TO THE RESCUE. Mr. r. Thornr, Commence at 7. 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LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE •- The wonderfully ingenious series of contri vances by which the Government have so cleverly managed to tido over the chief part of the session, have left, oven now, in this third week of June, at any rate, one very distinct alternative still at the command of the House of Commons. The House has, in the matter of Denmark, up to this present time, been treated quite systematically by the Government moat npercilously—wa had nearly said most contumeliously. It has been " put cff " by a • succesion of evasions of which we be lieve that the records of " Hansard" furnish no parallel. It was denied the papers first of all. It is now virtually prohibited from having a glance at least in one thing, namely, in declining to fur nish one syllable of frank or manly explanation. No matter whence the inquiries came to them, whether the interrogator rose on the side of the Opposition or on the Government side, either from a back bench or below the gangway, he was safe to obtain one invariable kind of reply, which, of course, amounted to no reply at all : namely, a repetition literally usque ad nauseam of that evasive phrase glibly articulated all through the session with such " damnable iteration "—to wit, that it would be indiscreet, as yet, to utter a syllable more about it ! And so the longest day has come, and Parlia ment-, even now, has not had vouchsafed to it one word of rational explanation. To-morrow in all humen probability, the Conference will meet for positively the last time. Oa Sunday next, the period of the supplementary fortnight's armistice will come to an end. Monday next, in all likeli hood, will be signalled by the recommencement of hostilities. The Government laughing in their sleeves the while at having thus adroitly rendered the session so far nugatory in the matter so long that the dog 'days are felt to be close at hand, and the time of the grouse-shooting almost one might say beginning even now to be sighted. Late though it is in the session, late though it is, in other words, in the season—one alternative hap pily still remains, as we have just now intimated, in the safe keeping of the House of Commons, in the grasp, at the command of her Majesty's Opposition. And the observation we would speak of is simply this—Bather• to force on at last a fall and complete discussion of what Las hitherto been shirked so completely by the Government—Or, supposing that discussion still to be evaded by Ministers on the plea of indiscretion, to petition her MAJESTY not to prorogue Parliament until the Foreign Policy of the Government, more particularly in this matter of Denmark, shall have been brought under the consideration of her faithful Commons. For one thing or the other, the country will hold the House of Commons responsible, Either, these momentous subjects for discussion must be discussed at once, route qui route, Or measures must be taken for pro longing the session beyond the usual period of the grouse shooting, until the Legislature shall have had an opportunity of discussing the foreign policy of the Government. When Captain SEMMES' spirited vindication of his course as captain of the Alabama appeared so recently it was not anticipated by many that the career of that gallant little vessel was so near its close, and that but one more signal event was to be added to its chronicles. The intelligence that has just arrived will be a source of great regret to many who have watched the progress of this famous veeeel, and admired the daring and intrepi- dity which have signalised her men. It is seldom that so much interest has been fixed and 80 much attention centred in one vessel, and in the annals o: naval history it is certain that the Alabama has some peculiar and distinguishing features which will for ever set it ap,at in the memory of all who have taken cognisance of her striking incidents. It was not to be expected that such a course could go on long with impunity, and perhaps the real wander is that before this we have not received the intelligence of her defeat or capture. It is entirely owing to consummate da,-ing and the most consider- able skill in management that up till now this little vessel has walked the waters like a thing of life, spreading destruction on her track, striking terror among all who encountered her, and while triumph- aptly sweeping the seas filling the minds of those on shore with amazement and admiration. Those who perused Captain SEMMES' communication will have seen the straits to which he end his crew were reduced, and the difficulties that they had to contend with, in consequence of the very unfair and unusual course adopted by Earl RUSSELL with re gard to the dealings of this country in the matter of the vessels of the belligerents sending prizes into our ports. If counted by the span of time the Alabama has had but a short life, but the chronicles of fame take no note of weeks or months, and, according to this calendar, her existence has not been small nor insignificant. She has been hard at work from the outset, through all the storms and conflicts of her fitful course, until she has sunk gallantly fighting to the last, the ruling spirit strong in death. It was no tame and easy victory, ne playing at fighting, that ensued when this pride of the Confederate navy went down into the great waters, on which she had played so conspicuous a part, and where her hard earned laurels had been won. When the minor events of this long and arduous conflict between the States of North America are put into the shade of oblivion, there will stead out conspicuous the feats of the Alabama,, and the memory of this vessel will survive, as an example of what may be achieved by caring and dexterity. Conclusive as the deta',ls afforded by the various accounts un doeetedly are, it may be said that they are not wholly unsatisfactory to the friends and admirers of the distinguished vessel. They may read events which would not disgrace a ship of far more power and magnitude. There was no wavering nor hesitation, but the greatest energy and spirit were evinced throughout the conflict, which was sharp, short, and severe, In some respects this was a fitting end for a vessel that has throughout its whole career been, a 6 it were, a thing per se and totally distinct from others. It was as well that a startling finale should succeed to a course that was alone in its strange outset, and unmatched in its meridian blaze of day and triumphant tide of success. While the Federals will rejoi ce w ith ou t s ti n t at this fulfil ment etese of their their hopes their opponents will reserve to h right of s a ti s f ac ti on a t th e g allantry w hi c h marked the closing tslv l e act of this strange affair. Death and defeat towered around the Alabama as deck covere d w ith d e ad she sunk under bu t water, disho n h o e u r r was and dying, not there; and it may, therefore, be s aid that,in some respects, this is a fitting termination to a venture which was desperate but dashing l y carried out , which was fraught with hazard, an d where the c h ances could not always be on the side of g ain. It seems that there was considerable differen ce in the ad vantages of the two vessels, the Kearsage beingchain-plated under her outside planking. Th ose on board the Alabama were not aware of this circumstance. I t appears at first sight that Captain SEmmEs was • rash in thus engaging the Kearsage , but there is no doubt that he had some reasons for so doing, from the fact of his sending his valuables on shore pre viously to entering on the momentous struggle, such conduct seems to prove that it was not fool hardiness at all events that urged him on, but the conviction that the exigencies of the case demanded the venture of whose issue he was doubtful. It will be. a source of satisfaction to nearly all who peruse the details, that the gallant captain has been saved, not only that his life has been preserved, but that he has been preserved from his enemies. Judging from past experience, the Federals were not likely to show much consider alien to a foe who had done them so much mischief and always seemed so im possible to catch. Certainly the laurels of the contest are all on the side of the Contederates, and which ever way we look at things courage and constancy seem to belong to them exclusively. The ear of the Alabama has been a romance from appertain to her history read more like one of those tales which used to delight an earlier generation than the records of doings which belong to this laggard age. So far then there is not so much to regret in the sudden end of this celebrated vessel— she seems to have fulfilled the intention of he:: crew, and not to have left a wreck behind for her foes to triumph over. Doubtless there will be most ex treme rejoicing in New York when the news of Sunday's conflict reaches there, but they must remember that instead of now boasting at the victory they might consider the length of time that it has taken to catch this terror of their navy. The end must come to all triumphs, and the end cf the Alabama has not been a mean or unworthy close to a career of daring and adventure. She has gone down to an ocean grave fighting valiantly, with courage undaunted, and zeal that knew no abatement. if we lament that her victories are o'er, that the skilful little craft can no more plough the waves, there remains other points of satisfac tion to mitigate the regret, and the crew who so gallantly defended her will rejoice that she is safe under the great waters from the grasp of a cruel foe, and may not serve their triumphs when they return to tell their friends of the fight and victory. Alderman SALOMON'S Bill for purchasing South-' mark and Waterloo Bridges appears to have given I rise to some dissatisfaction on the part of the rate payers of the metropolis. The bill which the Alderman has introduced into Parliament is de signed to facilitate the passage of traffic across the Thames within the metropolis, and it is proposed that power should be given to the Metropolitan Board of Works to purchase any one or more of the seven proprietary bridges within the area of their jurisdiction, and to levy a rate not exceeding a penny in the pound for the purpose of defraying the expense of such purchase, the power to levy the rate being granted until January Ist, 1884. This does not appear to be by any means an unjust or extravagant scheme. It is evident from the very fact of there being seven proprietary bridges within the are of the metropolis that there is great need of some reform. These bridges give rise to very great inconvenience on the part of the poorer classes, a fact sufficiently proved by the thinness of the population in their vicinity. The toll, too, has the injurious effect of encouraging the overcrowding of the busy thoroughfares on the Middlesex side, since labouring men and others, who are forced to live near their work, object to adding !he amount of the weekly toll to their rent. If a working man has to pass to and fro even twice a day, the amount will be sixpence a week, and sixpence a week makes a good deal of diffirence in four or fire shillings rent. Where the men go home to dinner, &0., the amount is. of course, doubled, and so they crowd their families away on the north side of the river, while the south in many parts remains comparatively bare. Ratepayers have a good right and good cause to watch jealously any addition to their burdens, but in the present instance their opposition is scarcely well-founded, seeing that they themselves will participate in the relief. It is most probable that by far the greater number of ratepayers have occasion to cross some of the toll bridges several times in the course of the year, and if they do so in vehicles they are now paying an amount which is nearly Equal to a moderate rate, for, es it is only proposed to purchase one bridge at a time, the full amount of one penny per pound need certainly not be levied. All the arguments against turnpikes apply with double force to toll- gates on bridges, and it is a most inconvenient and unsatisfactory way of levying money. It adds very much to the confuiou at London , bridge and other of our great thoroughfares, since heavy waggons, &c., are naturally sent by the free bridges, and so they are overcrowded to a dangerous extent. All the metropolitan highways and byeways should be free, and the traffic over old Father Thames should be free also. If we object .to impositions on our trade, and obstructions to our commerce, we should certainly remove these impediments which come under both heads, and aro entirely opposed to the whole spirit of our legislation. It has always been felt that the claims of those who devote their lives to the public service deserve paramount consideration at the hands of the nation. Soldiers and sailors more especially are entitled to relief and assistance in times of sickness and dis tress, since they are called upon to sacrifice and to risk so much on behalf of their countrymen. Eng land, never slow to acknowledge a claim upon her gratitude or her kindness, has readily responded to the wants and requirements of her disabled or superannuated naval and military servants ; and if Chelsea and Greenwich do not fully accomplish the works for which they were designed, it is not the fault of their original founders, nor is it owing to a want of sympathy and approbation for their objects on the part of the public. But until lately there was a great lack of care for the families of these brave men, and the various institutions and associations designed to benefit and assist the soldier, and left the important work of caring for those dear to him undone. The soldier's daughter has an especial claim upon our care, since she is deprived of the counsel and protection of a father, perhaps during the most important part of her life, if he is stationed abroad. She is liable at any moment to be orphaned by the casualties of man or the evil influences of an unhealthy climate. An expedition like the Ashantee affair makes many orphans, and it is not too much to expest that the nation shall care for those helpless ones whom the soldier has left behind him. The Soldiei's D ►ughter's Home, at Hampstead, was provided eight years ago, for the purpoae of educating and providing for soldiers' daughters. It was opened under the auspices of the late Prince Consort, and has been patronised by many distinguished per sons; still it is unsatisfactory to find that at the annual meeting held on the anniver sary of its opening on Saturday last, the report stated the number of annual subserip- tions to be diminished. The financial condition of the house is at present good, but its progress rests on an insecure foundation, unless the annual sub scribers hold their ground. The practical working of the Institution is very satisfactory. The girls who have left it are doing well in the world; one of them has gained a scholarship, and is in training for a schoolmistress ; others me in service and attended to and receive prizes for good conduct, while the average number in the house is 162. A 1 proof of the great need that exists for such an establishment is given by the fact that more than a hundred applications have been refused for want of funds. It is gratifying to find that soldiers them selves appreciate its value, since we are told that contributions from regiments are on the increase, and the committee have wisely resolved on grant ing to regiments contributing a requisite sum the privilege of nominating regimental scholars. The Duke of WELLINGTON, and other gentlemen who attended the meeting, desirous of putting the regular income of the institution on a better foot. ing, increased the amount of their annual subscrip. tions, thereby giving practical evidence of their interest in its success. We hope that a good many others will follow their example, since the import ance of protection and regular training for soldiers' IHE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 21, Mt the wise and prudent custom of late years, when striving to benefit any particular class, to assist the young belonging to it. Thus not only relieving the chief anxiety and lightening the labours of the parents, but conferring lasting good on another generation. Little encouragement has been hitherto given to our soldiers to form domestic ties, but in the present day we are trying to make amends in some degree for the errors of the past, and certainly an Institution like the one alluded to affords not only satisfaction for the present, but hops for the future. Mr, Benedict's Morning Concert, Yesterday this preeminently great musical event of the season—amon g all the fashionable concerts of the year the most conspicuous and the most fashion able—duly came off according to announcement. As any one might very confidently beforehand have pre dicted would inevitably be the case—the whole map nificent area of the St. James's Hall was thronged by a thoroughly appreciative audience—the pick of the friends and admirers of Mr. Jules Benedict. The majority of those assembled together yesterday in evidence of this most accomplished musician's popularity, the eye recognised at a glance to be of the gentler sex—the appearance of the interior of the building, alike on the well filled level of the hall and in the crowded balconies, resembling parterres, the flowers of which were represented by—to say nothing of the faces—gossamer bonnets and light and delicate coloured toilettes of every hue and shade of a hue well imaginable. Leaving the hall, as we did four hours and a half after the con cert had commenced, we yet left almost one fifth of the wonderfully ample programme still to be got through. It was then close upon six: p.m., and the entertainment had begun punctually, according to announcement, at half-past one in the afternoon! The performance, consequently, could hardly by any possibility, we should imagine, have contrived be over until past seven o'clock in the evening. The fact being, that Mr. Benedict was altogether too bountiful in his arrangements. It was not so much a Grand Concert, as it was two or three Grand Concerts rolled into one. Never was there a more conep'cuous illuatration of the possibility of giving too much of a good thing. The mere time occupied was more than twice too long. People began drop ping out at last by twos and threes, and at length by dozens and by scores, because in this feast of sweet sounds they had already long before its close been fairly surfeited. The mere catalogue of the names of the performers, alike v o cal and instrumental • was something extraordinary, something quite exceptional. To enumerate simply the most conspicuous of the great names on the list, there were Signor Giuglini, Signor Gardoni, Signor Della Sedie, Signor Bettini, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Santley, Dr. Guez, Herr Fricke, Madlle. Car lotta Patti, Madlle. Bettleheim, Madlle. Leschetizki, Madame Parepa, Madlle. Volpini, Madlle. Trebelii, and Madame Sainton Dolby. There were two such violinists as Herr Joachim and Herr Wieniawski, and those two for once in their lives playing to gether a concertant duet of Ludwig Spohr's—a noble competition ! Each of the two great artists, if not to the other " a foeman worthy of his steel," cer tainly a rival worthy of his horsehair. No less than five pianists—namely, Mr. Benedict, himself, with Madame Arabella Goddard, and Mr. G. A. Osborne, together with two of the youth ful pupils of Mr. Benedict, pupils as creditable to him as Master Frederick Cowen and Miss Eleanor Ward. A violincellist, as gifted as Signor Piatti, who fairly surpassed himself in his exquisite per formance of one of his own fantasias on that noble instrument. Added to these distinguished solo performers, whether vocalists or instrumentalists, there were a throng of others, aided by a most efficient orchestra, and in the choral parts by the well-drilled members of the Vocal Association. Mr. Benedict himself assiduously presiding over the whole of the elaborate arrangements of this most prodigal of musical entertainments. , Selections from some of the greatest masters of the divine art made up the bulk of the entertain. went. Beethoven's glorious overture to Fidelio led off {the performances, we might almost say without any extravagance of phrase, sumptuously. Next came one of the loveliest among the many lovely treats provided for his numerous friends and ad mirers by Mr Benedict, at this in every way memo rable benefit of his- 'the performance by the Vocal Association, to the accompaniment of the grand organ, of Mozart's wondrously beautiful "Ave verum corpus natum." Listening to it with closed eyes, we almost smelt the incense and felt spirited away from that gay haunt of fashion to one of the grand old Gothic cathedrals upon the continent. Auber's delicious duet, "Dens les defiles des Montagnes," from "Les Diamante de la Couronne," was so charm• ingly given by the Mademoiselles Georgi that it was the first encore. A brilliant success has to be here notified as having been achieved yesterday in the James's Hall by Madame Harriers-Wippern , whose dazzling delivery of the famous aria and scene from Weber's haunted and haunting ber Freyschiitz," "Wie uahte mir der &Mummer," was applauded by the audience with a sort of enthu siasm. Signor Giuglini's inimitable rendering Benedict's own bewitching little romance, " Figlia d'Erina," . from The Lily of Killarney, necessitated its repetition. In its every articulate sound it breathed evidence conclusive of the skill of the consummate artist. It is a particularly noticeable circumstance in regard to Mr. Benedict's concert yesterday, that in the midst of his immense array of miscellaneous pieces, it comprised within its com pass the whole of that distinguished musician's own cantata, "Richard Coeur de Lion." A production admirably performed throughout, and no wonder, remembering who ere the artists among whom the four characters were rbain distributed—Madame Parepa being the Ma tildae Madame Sainton-Dolby, the Page U, Mr. Santley, Richard Coeur de Lion himself, and w Mr. Sims Reeves, Blonde!, the Troubadour. After the completion of the Cantata, Madame Arabella Goddard played with wonderful delicacy and dexterity variations upon Ariel's aerial exfairuisitely:song, q y " Where the Bee Sucks, there lur k I," arranged for the pianoforte by Mr . Benedict. After wards coming, another of Benedict's arrangements, not for the pianoforte this time, but for the voice, and for such a voice as it happened, Carlotta Patti's —namely Schulhoff's ieroduction to the famous Carnival de Venice. A carniva l of delicious sounds it was—a pelting of sugarplu m notes—fountains, cascades of them, s hi n i n g upon the senses as the radiant young soprano sang. It was doing with a f leger the voice what the prestidigilateur so does with his hands. It was, if one might say , de-voix ! A word of admiration is due to Signor Gardoni for his most dulc et and exquisitely pa thetic rendering of Blumenthal '® delicious little romance, "Le Chemin du paradis"—one of the very loveliest little French ditties ever dreamt of by poet or musician, for all it is so simple both in idea and in melody. Compelled though we are to pass by unnoticed so much that was undoubtedly entitled to notice in this truly remarkable concer t, we would at least men tion in regard to it, th at as it commenced nobly with Beethoven's overt ure to Fidelio, it closed as grandly, in its way, with the glorious " Wedding March" of Mendelssohn. BISHOP OF LONDON'S FUND..--Dr. Stanley, Dean of Westminster, has consented to preach on behalf of this fund on Sunday morning nest, at St. Matthew's, Spring. gardens. THE SCENE OF SCOTT'S " QUENTIN DURWARD.' —The ancient castle of Plessy-les- fours (Indre-et-Loire), where Louis XL r esided and died, and in which the early scenes of Scott's "Quentin Durward" are laid, is said to have been lately purchased by a Paris agent tie change, who intends restoring it in the style of the period. THE REPRESENTATION OF HUDDERSFIELD... A circular has been forwarded to the supporters of Mr Akroyd, of Halifax, at the lest Huddersfield election, in viting them to attend a meeting at the George Hotel, Hud dersfield, on Tuesday evening, to hear an " important communication" from Mr Akroyd respecting the future representation of that town. Speculation is rife as to the nature of the communication referred to ; and it is thought not unlikely that Mr Akroyd is intending to retire from the held in favour of a gentleman resident in Hudders field, whose name has of late been freely mentioned as a probable candidate for Parliamentary honours—Manchester LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. (Per the Nova Scotian, via Greencastle.) NEW YORK, JUNE 10 (Evening). Despatches from General Grant, dated Thursday night (Sth), report no important movement. Rumours are current of a movement by Grant to the south bank of the James River. It is also said that he intends to besiege General Lee's works on the Chickahominy. President Lincoln has accepted the nomination of the 1331tiscore Convention for the Presidency, and has approved of the amendment to the Consti tution prohibiting slavery. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, JUNE 10 (Evening). Money easy. Gold reached 99 to-day, but declined to 981 per cent, premium. Exchange on London, 218 to 220, on Paris, 2f. 60c. Stocks slightly firmer. New York Centrals,l33/ ; Illinois, 130 ; Erie, 1131 ; Six per Cent. Bonds, 5.20'5, 105 a ; Cotton, very firm, Middling upland, 112 to 114. Wheat, flour, c , ?rn, and provisions advancing. Coffee dull. Sugar steady. Petroleum quiet—crude, 43c. ; refined, 65c. THE SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN QUESTION. COPENHAGEN, JUNE 20, 7 p.m. All the Liberal papers of this morning publish articles referring to the Ministerial crisis. _ _ Dagbladet says—" The proposed Sohleswig-Hol. stein solution is the very last the nation will accept, The people will never suffer the sacrifice of Schles wig and the Danish right. The King exists for the people, not the people for that of the King. No Ministry recommending the formation of a State of Schleswig-Holstein can stand." DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, JUNE 20, 8.3 P,M. The difference which existed between the King, he Ministry, and the Privy Council, was settled ;his afternoon. The Berlingsk Tidende of toaday expresses doubts as regards the authenticity of the current statement relative to the Russian proposal for the settlement of the Dano-German question. PARIS, JUNE 21. Before leaving Paris, the Japanese ambassador signed the treaty which was the object of his mission. The news received from Japan continues pacific. The commercial negotiations between France and Switzerland are terminated, and the treaty will be signed by the representatives of the two countries to-day. SPAIN AND PERU. MADRID, JUNE 20. It is stated that at a Ministerial Council, under the presidency of the Queen, it was decided to treat the Peruvian difficulty in such a manner as to avoid war. FRANCE. M. Davillier, president of the Paris Chamber of Commerce, has had the honour of presenting to the Emperor a volume containing official statistics of the trade and manufactures of Paris, drawn up by himself and M. Deniere, president of the Tribunal of Commerce. The Emperor complimented M. Davillier on the execution of the work. A Paris letter, in the Gironde of Bordeaux, says : —" M. Emile 011ivier has been charged, it is said, by the French Government to go and defend before the Council of State of Turin the interests of the French Treasury in a rather serious question arising out of the cession of Nice and Savoy. He has already left for the Italian capital." BOURSE, June 20.—The market has been heavy, and prices are rather lower than on Saturday. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66fr. sc. Mo bilier have receded to 1,067 f. 50c. In Railway Shares little doing, and some of the lines show a slight decline. The market closed as follows :- 41 per Cents 93 25 Italian Loan 69 90 Do. end month.... Do. end month — 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 66 10 Clew Mexic an Credit M0bi1ier....10 6 7 50 Russian Do, end m0nth....1067 50 Austrian Bank Shares 3395 Spanish Threes.... 50i Credit E oncier 1240 Florae Debt Roman AIM. Cash. Account. Orleans B6B 75 „. 870 Northern .. • . Lyons and Mediterranean 875 .. 881 25 New ditto Southern 650 .. 651 25 Western Eastern .... 465 .. 465 Sardinian Austrian Lombard 438 75 .. 440 North of Spain Saragossa 570 • . 568 75 Ditto to Barcelona AA IL r.degant Extracts from " Manhattan," GRANT'S ACHIEVEMENTS. Grant could have marched to his present position without losing a man. He had only to keep away from Lee's forti fications. Instead of this, he attacked Lee's defences, was Nchipped-ft-fell back; attacks again, is whipped—retreats; and yet it is sate to say that in killed, wounded, prisoners, stragglers, and deserters Grant as now—while in M'Clel lan's old tracks—less men by 100,000 of the original force that crossed the Rapidan now nearly four weeks ago. PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S LAST GEM OF A LETTER. Closes thus 1—" It is impossible for me to attend. I ap prove, nevertheless, whatever may tend to strengthen and sustain General Grant and the noble armies now under his direction. My previous Ligh estimate of General Grant has been maintained and heighteod by what has occurred in the remarkable campaign be is liar conducting; while the magnitude and difficulty of the i.:4lc before him does not prove less than I expected. He and brave soldiers are now in the midst of their great trial, and 17 trust that, at your meeting, you will so shape your good words : hat they may turn to men and guns moving to his and their 1,7 - port.—Yours truly, , "A. I.axcoLx." A CHILD CONVICTING ITS OWN FATHER OF MURDERING ITS MOTHER. Mr. Hunter, a neighbour of mine, who killed his wife some months ago, has had a fair trial, and has been found guilty of murder in the second degree. This sends him to hard labour for life. He is a man of some property. The jury could not agree for three days. The judge declared he would not discharge the jurymen until they did agree. Then they compromised on a verdict. lie was convicted upon the evidence of his only son, a boy 12 years old. The little fellow stuck to the truth, and he never wavercel in his account of "killing mother." THE " WORLD'S" OPINION OP ABRAHAM LINCOLN I The World to-day speaks of Mr Lincoln without gloves. It was suppressed by his order. This extract is better than any correspondent can or dare write. It is clear and con cise :—" Mr Lincoln is intrinsically a weak candidate. As a man his instincts are vulgar, his education narrow, his manners a cross between boor and buffoon. As a states man, he is incapable, vacillating, a time-server, without either wise comprehension of the present or sagacious fore cast of the future. As an administrator, he selects the un fittest instruments for the most important functions, and after the clearest demonstrations of their incapacity, he has not decision of character to replace them by mon of energy and ability. His Secretary of State is shallow and pretentious; his Secretary of War, wrong-headed and im petuous ; his Secretary of Na!y, a noodle ; his Attorney General, a granny ; and his Secretary of the Treasury has so little of the just pride of a statesman, that he has held on to a place in an administration whose imbecility he despises, and many of whose prominent acts he o penly condemns." SUICIDE OF A PRISONER. —Yesterday morning the officials of the House of Detention discovered that a prisoner named Emil Herlick, a German, had committed suicide in his cell during the night. He was committed on Friday last by Mr Selfe on the charge of stealing a carpet bag and its contents, value £3, and on the warder opening his cell yesterday morning, about half -past seven o'clock, the prisoner was found hanging from the ventilator by means of the straps of his hammock. He was at once cut down, and the body being still warm means were taken, but without success, to restore animation. There was nothing in the man's manner to lead to the supposition that he meditated self-destruction. A oorener's inquest will of course be held upon the bcdy. THE YELVERTON CASE. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS YELVERTON V. LONGWORTH (OR YELVERTOK). This morning the consideration of this case was renewed, there being present the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Kingsdown, Lord Chelmsford, and Lord Wenslydale. There was a great crowd of persons in attendance prior to the doors being opened. The Attorney-General, in continuing his address, said that when their lordships last adjourned he had arrived at the last letter but one in the series between Major Yelverton and Miss Longworth. Ha made some obser vations on those, which ho did not propose to repeat. There was one letter bearing the Edinburgh post-mark, Jime 4th, and Boulogne, June 6th, which wereinot forth coming, and of which ho believed it had been truly alleged that it induced the lady to suspect some treachery towards herself and which led her to visit Edinburgh. The learned gentleman then proceeded to reed lengthened extracts from the examination and cross-examination of Major Yelverton at the trial, particularly in reference to the letters_said to have been destroyed or kept back, "With regard to Major Yelverton he might remark, that he did not give the lady the same opportunity of proving the loss or mutilation of the letters which she had given him, and in consequence of that she offered herself for examination, which was ob jected to on technical grounds, and no doubt necessarily taken with success. All the argument he wished to pro ceed upon was that the respondent desired to give the fullest information she possessed as to the loss of the docu ments, but the laws of Scotland prohibited her from entering into any such arrangements. Some stress had been laid upon the fact that in her letters to father Mooney the lady did not use any expressions of alarm or distrust in refer ence to her husband, but then it must be remembered that at that time there had been no open rupture between them, and she was not disposed to place his conduct in an un favourable light. The learned counsel then proceeded to examine the correspondence and the circumstances relating to the Irish marriage. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day) WEST INDIAN INCUMBERED ESTATES COURT. (Before Henry J. Stoner, Esq., Chief Commissioner.) In the matter of Robert Sutherland (deceased), ex parte Sir Roderick Impry Murchison and another, petitioners; re Alexander McLeod (deceased), John Cochrane and another, petitioners; re John M'Fee (deceased), John Grant and Robert Grant, petitioners. The following sugar estates situate in the parishes of Charlotte and St. George, in the Island of St. Vincent, were sold by auction by Messrs. Leifchild and Cheffins, under orders pronounced by the chief commissioner in the above matters, and realised the following prices, viz. : Waterloo, containing 430 acres, £s,oso—Orange Hill, 430 acres, £l,olo—One half of Sans Souci, 315 acres, £3,700 — Mount Greenan, 366 acres, £4,loo—Jambou Vale, 287 acres, Ll,oso—PeruvianVale, 332 acres,l7oo—and Henry's Vale, 301 acres, £7OO. MARKETS—This Day HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4los Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od; and straw, £1 4s to £1 lOs per load, Trade slow. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 103; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 12s per load. A slow demand. WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 N to £4 10s; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 12s per load. Trede inactive. COLONIAL. TEA—Business has been moderately active, and ful rates are current for superior qualities. _ _ Sus:wt.—The market has remained without animation, although West Indian descriptions fully sustain former rates. In the refined market thin eis little change to report. COFFEE—The demand for colonial descriptions has been steady, and prices are generally well sustained. The stocks on hand, as compared with those of the same period of last year, showing a slight increase. RlCE—Only a limited business has been done, and there is no change to record in prices. TALLOW --The market has continued rather inactive, owing to political influences. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 40s 6d to 40s 9d. COAL M . Prima of Coal per Ton al e. d. AUK ET. t tne close of the market. Byass's Bebside West Hartley 16 3 Holywell l6 6 Eden Main 16 3 West Hartley l6 3 Hastings Hartley l6 3 ranfield Moor Butes l4 0 Lambert's West Hart- Walls End. qaswelf Heugh Hall 16 6 Tunstall Kelloe.. South Kelloe 16 6 Hetton 17 6 South Hetton l7 6 Braddylra Hetton 16 6 Harton 15 6 Riddell 15 9 Wharneliffe l5 9 Gosforth 15 6 Caradoc l7 0 KeiperGrange 16 3 n1106(31'8 Hetton 16 6 South Hartlepool 16 9 Framwellgate ...16 6 a, 104 ; sold, 93. ley 16 0 Buddle'sWest Hartley 16 3 North Pelson Gas 13 0 Walker Primrose 13 3 Wylam 16 6 Walls End. Hartlepool ..17 3 East Hartlepool 17 6 Cas.op ... l6 9 Ships at market Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market quiet, without change. Sales probably 5,000 bales. MIND YOUR. STOPS !—ln the account given by one of our morning contemporaries of the Marquis of Abercorn's magnificent banquet to their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales last evening, we read with some sense of surprise that—" The Royal guests were received in the grand hall—which was adorned with a pro fusion of choice exotics disposed in admirable taste by the noble host and hostess and Viscount Hamilton—and imme diately afterwards that--tine Princess was conducted to the library, where dinner was served by the Marquis of .Aber corn, and the Prince gave his arm to the marchioness." AN EXPERT SWINDLER.—At Birmingham, on Saturday, a spruce, gentlemanly looking man, of middle age, named F. G. Wainwright, was charged with stealing two gold watches, one silver watch, and three gold Albert chains, the property of Messrs. Widdowson and Yeale, goldsmiths, &e., London. This charge merely indi cated the extent of the legal evidence against the prisoner without giving a clue to the extraordinary character of the case as described by Mr Morgan, and also by Mr Manton, detective inspector. It appears from their statements that the prison& has for many years been carrying on a clever system of commereial plunder, and has conducted his operations with such skill as to elude detection. His plan has been to take a house in some respectable vicinity in the town he might select as the temporary basis of ope rations, rarely selecting a rent below £3O, and there to write in the name of some well-known or fictitious firm (as the case might suit) to the tradesman he might single out as his victim, ordering a quantity of goods to the house. Inquiries on the part of the tradesman ascertained the fact that the prisoner had actually taken a large respec table house in his own neighbourhood, and thus all mire , givings were allayed, and the goods were supplied. Sometimes the order would be sent to another town— frequently to London—and the references in every case confirming his locus standi, the transaction was opened with confidence. The prisoner having got the goods into his possession (and they were usually of a light and valu able character, such as jewellery, optical instruments, watches, &c.) quickly became non est. His " furniture" being designedly portable, and capable, according to Mr- Manton, of being accommodated in a small hand-cart, he was enabled to pack up and be off in double •quick time, 'hout exciting any attention on the part of neighbours. we. -se, his track was immediately lost, and letters Of sou. from meas., creditors were returned without finding an owner, It turn: out that he engaged a house in every -f operations a month in advance, succeeding sphere ew name in the new loeality, ho and, having assumed a -,lane with impunity. In this was enabled to prosecute his years, mulcting unfortu way, it is said, he has gone on IC enormous amounts. nate and too-confiding tradesmen b.' ed u to the time Latterly, he came to Birmingham, and h e ~ p of his apprehension, made three shifts." h e carried on his "business" at Highgate, under th e name ea. Anderson, then at Green-lane, under the name of Harrison, terly, having got from an optical instrument nes: er large quantity of spectacles, he set up in Bradford-sdtraent.rd and let and travelled as the representative of Messrs DollaLnondon Wainwright, opticians, the former being an e minent optician, and the latter a myth, a name introduced to give colour to his own connection with the concern. For a long time the police have been on the 100k -out for him, but have never been able to carry their cases home. At last he en tered into negotiations with the London jewellery firm men tioned at the commencement of this notice, for a supply of watches and jewellery, and somehow their suspicions were excited, though not soon enough to prevent the despatch of tho goods. The police were placed on the alert. The prisoner was supposed to be in London', but Insp actor Menton succeeded in meeting with him in Birmingham, on Friday, and at once took him into custody. On his person he found one of the watches described in the list forwarded from the victimised firm, and on searching his house he found three pawn tickets for the other articles mentioned in the charge. The prisoner made no reply when asked to account for the possession of them. Ho was remanded till Friday.—Birmingham Post. PERFECTION OF MECIIANISM.--" As engineers we can say that it really approaches much nearer the perfection of mechani-m than any other example of clock work we have yet seen on anything like the same large scale."—Engineer. J. W. Benson having erected steam power and improved machinery for clock making at the m anufactory, Ludgate hill, will be glad to furnish to clergymen, architects, and committees estimates and specifications of every description of horoiogical machine, especially cathedral and public clocks, chiming tunes on any number of be ls. .A. descriptive pam phlet on church clocks post tree for one stamp. Wa ch and clock maker by warrant of appointment to 11.11.11. the Prince of Wales, and maker of the great clock for the Exhibition of 1862. Manufactory, Ludg,ate-hill, London. Established 1749. [Advt.] 4 4 ,e; t i nirt giritUbt HER MAJESTY, ..-----41.-- -- WINDSOR CASTLE, Jane 20. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and PrillCeSE 4 Louis of Hesse, arrived Ott the Castle yesterday afternoon from Marlborough House, attended by Mdlle. de Grancy and Captain Von Westerweller. His Royal Highness tho Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald, also arrived, and left the Castle this morning for London. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, attended by Major Cowell, went yesterday afternoon to Wood norton near Evesham, to visit his Royal Highness the Duke de Montpensier, who is suffeling from severe illness. Dr. Jenner accompanied Prince Alfred. The Princ3 returned to Windsor Castle this morning. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, Prince Arthur, and Prince Louis of Hesse, went out riding this morning. In attendance were the Hon. Horatia Stopford, Mdlle. de Granny, and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. D. De Res, His H:ghness Mustapha Pacha, the Turkish Am• bassador, and Sir Moses Montefiore, arrived at the Castle to-day from London. Earl Granville also arrived, and had an audience of the Queen. Mustapha Pacha was presented to the Queen by the Turkish Ambassador. _ . Sir Alms Montt&ore had an audience of her Majesty. Lord Rivers and Lieut. General Sir H. Bentinck were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, attended by Lieutenant Haig, want to Marlborough House this afternoon. The Prince and Princen of Wales. The Prince of Wales accompanied by Prince Alfred, and attended by Lieut.-Colonel Keppel and Lieutenant Haig, rode on horseback to l A rd's Cricket Ground yesterday. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive, at• tended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen. The Prince and Princess of Wales and Prince Alfred honoured the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn with their company at dinner. Their Royal Highnesses were attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen, Lieuto.Colonel Keppel, and Lieut• Haig. We understand that their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales intend honouring the Adelphi Theatre this evening to witness Mr. Benj. Webster in "The Dead Heart." Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales will honour Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston by their company to-morrow evening at Cambridge House, Piccadilly, The Duchess of Wellington will give a grand ball on Friday, the Ist of next month, to meet their Royal Higb news the Prince and Princess of Wales, at Apsley Rouse- Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Caro bridge, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, and Princess Mary of Cambridge honoured the Dowager Lady Truro by their company at dinner yesterday evening a t her ladyship's house in Eaton-square. Lady Geraldine Somer set, Lady Caroline Cust, and Capt, A. Ellis were in atten dance on their royal highnesses. A select party Wa s invited to meet the royal guests. The Earl of Sandwich entertained their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe- Weimar, the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, Viscount Canterbury, Lord and Lady Ebury and Hon. Miss Grosvenor, Lord and Lady Cecilia Bingham, Lady Marian Alford and Miss Mary Boyle, Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, M.P., Mr, Rainald Knightley, M.P., and Dr. Quin, yesterday evening, at his lordship's residence in Grosvenor-square, Their Royal Highnesses the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and the Hereditary Grand Duke Adolphus, left St. James's Palace yesterday morning, on their return to Germany. The Duchess of Cambridge a nd the Princess Mary, and the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg- Strelitz, accompanied the Grand Duke and his son to the railway station. The Archbishop of Canterbury's evening party is unavoidably postponed from this evening to Monday, the 27th inst. CHARLES KEAN is said to have made the magni ficent sum of £1.1,000 during a 26 weeks' professional tour in Australia. THE EMPRESS EUGENIE AND ROSA BONHEUR.-- Tke Empress Eugenie this week, when passing through Thomery during a drive in the environs of Fon tainebleau, stopped at the residence of Mdlle. Rose Dew' heur, and requested to see her studio. The artist at once acceded to her Majesty's wishes, and showed her the cliffs rent paintings on which she is at present engaged, as w ell as many fine studies of animals. A painting represen'iing' a stag leading a herd of hinds along the summit of a rocV eminence especially attracted the notice of her Maje.t,ty• After passing an hour in the studio the Empress took lee ye, having first obtained a promise that her private collection should be enriched by a picture by Mdlle. Bonheur. THE ALABAMA.—We observe that the British Army and Navy Review for July gives a complete narre.ttsre of the brilliant engagement between this celebrated cruiser and the Kearsage. THE LAMBDA-NU (whatever that may be !) Te r ; centenary Poem on Shakspere, written by J. A. Alle , - 11 :g pu blished by John Morgan, of Stratford• upon - A von ' just made its appearance in the form of a p am p hlet of ' pages of verse and appendix. THREE FAMOUS BASS SINGERS. — George S o°3' Tinney, and Higman. There was not much cLiffe;ita' ence observable between any of these three gen tlemen, us this exception, that he who went lowest, stood highest; Tinney got well down to E flat, George Smith ra n him heroi and growled down to D; but Higman, the Pelyphel'' u tio this grumbling band, held a good, round, powerful deil-ar c which defied all competition. These vocalis ts ger() °I-,0 And upon all occasions singing " The Wolf," a rni' b , er o f sotig composed by Shield, for the opera of " Th e Cas oe Andalusia." No matter what the occasion might a be, public dinner, a ball, a marriage, or a funeral—if klig- Ltic; got a chance of singing, it was Sara t o be " The W e 4e -; All the theatrical bass singers of that period were roh l and generally adopted a sort of Spanish costume, tut il mixed a character. that it would have been di fficult ex treme to have associated them with any degree of e e ' s tainty with any country—they were robbers, and that icli enough : they sang " The Wolf," and that was a ll tst . '" could be desired.—Beaff y _Recollections. be A BEADLE'S INGENUITY.—There 11- ' . re,it $ seen in the Salle des Etats, in the palace of the Lou r plan in woodwork of the immense palace of 'Versailles,, its court, courtyards, gardens, gates , and statues. .-1-1,1).. work of labour and patience was accomplished by ,sti , Marcoux, beadle of the chapel of Versailles, now in the year of his age. A NN IVERSARY OF HER MAJESTY'S Accessiol,. Yesterday being the 27 th anniversary of her 1 4 ,1 ; jesty's accession to the throne—the day was celebrate( ; t h e usual rejoicings througho ut the kingdom, e s p e ch Jur Windsor, where her Majesty and the Royal family tu .(3 0 ° 1,4 staying. The mo rnin g was ushered in in the metrop. l's the ringing o f bells from th e stee p les of the various chna e))",e,, flags being hoisted at the sp ir es of St. Martin' s -in fields; St. M ar g aret's, Westminster ; St. Mary Abb e tt r j Kens i n gton ; and St. Luke's, Chelsea , The Royal Stat was hoisted at the Tower, the General Post-odic( ' e re Martin's -le- Grand ; the flag of the Lords' Cornmissi ' ll A d. of the Admiralty was hoisted at Somerset house, the "i i s miralty, Deptford Dockyard, and Woolwich. The e . 3 the river presented a very gay appearance, from th e e on gats 9(l bunting and fkgs of all nations ex hibited by 000 At on,' o'clock a grand feu de joie was fired from the l' a rtf in St. hoes's-park, the ',Tower, Woolwich, Tilbury and at Wine:sor. -Ai r° T HE R E PRESENTATION OF SOUTHAMPTON• th „ , , L have much gratification in announcing have received an authorised communication that Mr l j ; ja il sell Gurney, Q.C., deputy chairman of the iloy a vaa t (West India) Steampacket Company, will, in th e . e a general election, become a candidate, in coninhe b , ° _, o ugn Mr Alderman Rose, for the representation of this L' , " ll ' t be ss irk Parliament; or should Mr Digby Selau-nir „, meantime receive any Government appointra.futiou has been occasionally surmised, that Mr 1 1 ' 110 01i Gurney will be equally prepared to offer c oe, as a candidate for the vacant seat. So that, in eltP'‘,o tit o n we shall have to congratulate the port of 50u;h3.51,P70 having a most efficient representative, in addiii(ll_on t he present excellent member, Alderman Rose, in the 5 7 0 f a gentleman not only distinguished as the Recordt' City of London, but as an old director and derl e tY il _ oeh 00: man of the West India Company, who will . ilachette t powerfully represent the thriving compels), h of vi tealn•P °" very valuable member, as well as its great station, LOVINiI G P a r a N m E T . — F E E LaLinop‘svh.icr A d T v e u r a user.e sthe sic/01:1/r TILING WORSE IRAN ONE'S HORSES. ”- - "W hen u tleDI A exclaiming " Oh, my horses 1" reached t rwahilowwayascotrllatierlintgooikn p t l h a e c e s a o m n e t the rea scot st aorltiten_de , e oi g in e l , a.,iv.i:v e ,l l say his head out, and then sank back las s his seia at, o . 11 ,0 1 '4 " Thank God, it is on l y a third c varr